Dating Dictionary: Cat call [cat call]

Pronunciation: c-aat cau-l

Definitions [cat call]

1. A futile attempt to gain the attention of an attractive young woman

2. A type of co-created language among the men of the underworld, that cannot be understood by the mortal ear

3. A series of tongue claps that is supposed to attract and arouse that of the opposite sex, but actually repulses them

4. A type of modern-day language born, raised, and adapted on every London building site

5. A language that can in fact be heard by cats

verb

1. I drove past her in my white van and thought PHWOAR, so I started cat calling her. To my surprise, she flipped me the finger and started chasing my van with a baseball bat

Thesaurus synonyms for [cat calling]

language of the underworld, an offense to cats, a desperate tongue click, modern-day mating call